Judging Op Fat Cattle
There is no question but that the most profitable kind of cattle for beef is the kind that will take on flesh readily at a young age, says a writer in the Breeders Gazette…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1884
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The "Keeping" Property of Butter
Professor L. B. Arnold, writing to the New York Tribune, remarks as follows :— "Mr. J. B. Smith writes from Ohio that in patterning after the methods practised near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Disease in Sheep
A letter from a drover in Queensland to a contemporary describes what he considers new disease in sheep, with which a mob that he was driving from New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Albury [?] Border Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Annual Ploughing Match
The annual ploughing match of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society took place yesterday on Mr. Baker's farm at Bowna. The weather was delightful, the ground in good order, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wool, Sheepskin's, Hides. &c. MELBOURNE
Messrs MONCKTON D. SY[?]NOT B[?]OS. report:— Sheepskins.— We hare received numerous consignments from all the colonies, and our sales have been over [?] skins, at very…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society
Tbe ordinary monthly meeting of the committee of the Deniliquin Pastoral and Agricultural Society was [?] the Royal Hotel yesterday ; Mr John Shanahan in the chair. The following members were also present:—Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
Sir,-'-I beg to inform you that Robert and Kate Knight (re your paragraph in the Times of the 5th inst.), were not employed by me at Cobran Estate. You would oblige by inserting the above in your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin. Friday Evening. July 11. 1884
The weather remains cold, and one or two very heavy fronts have been experienced during the week. In stock [?] in the district around Deniliquin things are particularly quiet as is usually the [?] between the end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Profit from Poultry
I PROMISED some time ago, says Mr. Henry Stewart in the Rural New Yorker, to give an account of the cost and income of my flock of 20 hens for the whole year. The figures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Weevil
Professor A. J. Cook writes concerning the wheat weevil : "The wheat weevil, which is a small beetle with a long [?] works only in the granary. It would be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Law with Regard to Travelling Sheep
In reference to the recent decision in the Gund[?] Court in the Suit Broughton v. the following letter, addressed to the editor, appears in the S. M. Herald : "Sir, In last…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Farmer. Profit from Poultry
I PROMISED some time ago, says Mr. Henry Stewart in the Rural New Yorker, to give an account of the cost and income of my flock of 20 hens for the whole year. The figures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Notes. Farming and Science
The term "science'' has proved to be a bugbear to others than farmers, and there can be no doubt that in many cases it has been misapplied. Taken in its literal sense…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gunbar Sheep
In our report of the Show a slight mistake occurred regarding Armstrong's 2-tooth ewe, as we stated that she was not entered for competition, there being no class for her; she certainly was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin. Friday Evening, July 18, 1884
HEAVY frosts have prevailed throughout the week, and the thermometer has registered zero every morning since last report with the exception of Wednesday. On Wednesday evening rain threatened and a few drops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. Re Silverton. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
Sir,—I read to one of the papers a few weeks since, though I do not remember which paper, that silver had been found thereabouts as long ago as 1876, and some [?] prospecting done. I beg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Cart-horse Breeding
THE chief points to be desired in a farming cart-horse are these:—Neck not long nor too thick; short and flat logs; four feat even, and not too distant; chest wide; shoulders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kingdom of a Cattle King
Among the many maps that have been published to illustrate the Ranken and Morris report, is one of a station known as Y[?]lgil[?]ar, situated on the Upper Clarence, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool, Sheepskins, Hides. &c. MELBOURNE, Mond[?]y
Messrs. MONC[?]TON D. S[?]NNOT BROS. report:— Sheepskins.—We [?]ive had very heavy [?]es. We cleared out [?]ll lots [?] f[?]llows, [?]:—Gr[?]en skins, 3s 6d to 6s 6d, the [?]ter price being…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Farmer. Cart-horse Breeding
THE chief points to be desired in a farming cart-horse are these:--Neck not long nor too thick; short and flat legs; four feet even, and not too distant; chest wide; shoulders…
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